About the Carel Surname

A Carel ancestor may well appear as Carl in earlier records. Read literally, Carel points to “From Karl”.

Heraldry and the Carel name

There is no single Carel family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

Carel and Carl

The extra “e” in Carel is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Carel surname had 522 bearers. French birth records list 2,993 children named Carel between 1891 and 2000. There were 154 such births in the 1890s and 290 in the 1990s. For the full story, order the Carel surname pack.